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''Prokleta Аvlija'' (eng. ''The Damned Yard'', cyrillic ''Проклета Авлија'') is a 1954 novella (or a novel, depending on who you ask) by Yugoslav [[UsefulNotes/NobelPrizeInLiterature Nobel Prize]]-winning author Ivo Andrić, and is considered to be one of his best works. In a nutshell, it's a {{slice of life}} story set in an UsefulNotes/{{Istanbul}} prison during the Ottoman Empire.
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''Prokleta Аvlija'' (eng. ''The Damned Yard'', cyrillic ''Проклета Авлија'') is a 1954 novella (or a novel, depending on who you ask) by Yugoslav [[UsefulNotes/NobelPrizeInLiterature Nobel Prize]]-winning author Ivo Andrić, and is considered to be one of his best works. works.
In a nutshell, it's a {{slice of life}} story set in an UsefulNotes/{{Istanbul}} prison during the Ottoman Empire.
In a nutshell, it's a {{slice of life}} story set in an UsefulNotes/{{Istanbul}} prison during the Ottoman Empire.
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''Prokleta Аvlija'' (eng. ''The Damned Yard'', cyrillic ''Проклета Авлија'') is a 1954 novella (or a novel, depending on who you ask) by Yugoslav [[UsefulNotes/NobelPrizeInLiterature Nobel Prize]]-winning author Ivo Andrić, and is considered to be one of his best works. In a nutshell, it's a {{slice of life}} story set in an {{Istanbul}} prison during the Ottoman Empire.
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''Prokleta Аvlija'' (eng. ''The Damned Yard'', cyrillic ''Проклета Авлија'') is a 1954 novella (or a novel, depending on who you ask) by Yugoslav [[UsefulNotes/NobelPrizeInLiterature Nobel Prize]]-winning author Ivo Andrić, and is considered to be one of his best works. In a nutshell, it's a {{slice of life}} story set in an {{Istanbul}} UsefulNotes/{{Istanbul}} prison during the Ottoman Empire.
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''Prokleta Аvlija'' (eng. ''The Damned Yard'', cyrillic ''Проклета Авлија'') is a 1954 novella (or a novel, depending on who you ask) by Yugoslav [[NobelPrizeInLiterature Nobel Prize]]-winning author Ivo Andrić, and is considered to be one of his best works. In a nutshell, it's a {{slice of life}} story set in an {{Istanbul}} prison during the Ottoman Empire.
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''Prokleta Аvlija'' (eng. ''The Damned Yard'', cyrillic ''Проклета Авлија'') is a 1954 novella (or a novel, depending on who you ask) by Yugoslav [[NobelPrizeInLiterature [[UsefulNotes/NobelPrizeInLiterature Nobel Prize]]-winning author Ivo Andrić, and is considered to be one of his best works. In a nutshell, it's a {{slice of life}} story set in an {{Istanbul}} prison during the Ottoman Empire.
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* EnhancedInterrogationTechniques: {{Deconstructed}}. When the two guards use this on Ćamil (trying to get information about a nonexistent conspiracy), he ends up emotionally broken down, and they find out nothing.
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* TortureAlwaysWorks: {{Deconstructed}}. When the two psychologically torture Ćamil (trying to get information about a nonexistent conspiracy), he ends up emotionally broken down, and they find out nothing.
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''Prokleta Аvlija'' (eng. ''The Damned Yard'', cyrillic ''Проклета Авлија'') is a 1954 novella (or a novel, depending who you ask) by Yugoslav [[NobelPrizeInLiterature Nobel Prize]]-winning author Ivo Andrić, and is considered to be one of his best works. In a nutshell, it's a {{slice of life}} story set in an {{Istanbul}} prison during the Ottoman empire.
The main character is frair Petar, who [[MistakenForSpies gets mistaken for a spy]] and ends up in a prison, nicknamed "the damned yard" by its inmates. He stays there for two months, meeting various people such as prison warden Karadjoz, curious and paranoid Jew, Haim and rich young man accused for conspiring against the Sultan, Ćamil. Somewhere around the middle of the book, Petar (and reader) are told the story of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cem_Sultan Cem Sultan]], a historical character.
The main character is frair Petar, who [[MistakenForSpies gets mistaken for a spy]] and ends up in a prison, nicknamed "the damned yard" by its inmates. He stays there for two months, meeting various people such as prison warden Karadjoz, curious and paranoid Jew, Haim and rich young man accused for conspiring against the Sultan, Ćamil. Somewhere around the middle of the book, Petar (and reader) are told the story of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cem_Sultan Cem Sultan]], a historical character.
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''Prokleta Аvlija'' (eng. ''The Damned Yard'', cyrillic ''Проклета Авлија'') is a 1954 novella (or a novel, depending on who you ask) by Yugoslav [[NobelPrizeInLiterature Nobel Prize]]-winning author Ivo Andrić, and is considered to be one of his best works. In a nutshell, it's a {{slice of life}} story set in an {{Istanbul}} prison during the Ottoman empire.
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The main character isfrair friar Petar, who [[MistakenForSpies gets mistaken for a spy]] and ends up in a prison, nicknamed "the damned yard" by its inmates. He stays there for two months, meeting various people such as prison warden Karadjoz, curious and paranoid Jew, Haim Jew Haim, and rich young man accused for conspiring against the Sultan, Sultan Ćamil. Somewhere around the middle of the book, Petar (and the reader) are told the story of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cem_Sultan Cem Sultan]], a historical character.
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* BadLiar: The guy talking about his made-up past wives.
* BookEnds: The book begins and ends after frair Petar's funeral at his native monastery.
* BookEnds: The book begins and ends after frair Petar's funeral at his native monastery.
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* BadLiar: The Zaim, the guy talking about his made-up past wives.
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* BookEnds: The book begins and ends after
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* FlashBack: The whole book is basically frair Rastislav having a flashback about frair Petar talking him about his experience in prison.
* InsaneTrollLogic: Karadjoz somethimes uses this. We are given a story in which an inmate being interrogated claims he is innocent, to which Karadjoz replies: "Too bad, everyone here is guilty, and we need an innocent one; you'll have to stay". A couple of weeks later, the family of another, rich prisoner ask Karadjoz to release him, claiming he was innocent. Karadjos refuses to do that, claiming that "nowadays, we release the guilty ones and keep the innocent ones imprisoned". Afterwards, he summons the first inmate and releases him, saying: "We'we got another innocent one now, we don't need you any more. You may leave".
* ManipulativeBastard: Karadjoz. His unpredictable behaviour helps him get any information he needs.
* InsaneTrollLogic: Karadjoz somethimes uses this. We are given a story in which an inmate being interrogated claims he is innocent, to which Karadjoz replies: "Too bad, everyone here is guilty, and we need an innocent one; you'll have to stay". A couple of weeks later, the family of another, rich prisoner ask Karadjoz to release him, claiming he was innocent. Karadjos refuses to do that, claiming that "nowadays, we release the guilty ones and keep the innocent ones imprisoned". Afterwards, he summons the first inmate and releases him, saying: "We'we got another innocent one now, we don't need you any more. You may leave".
* ManipulativeBastard: Karadjoz. His unpredictable behaviour helps him get any information he needs.
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* FlashBack: The whole book is basically frair friar Rastislav having a flashback about frair friar Petar talking telling him about his experience in prison.
* InsaneTrollLogic: Karadjozsomethimes sometimes uses this. We are given a story in which an inmate being interrogated claims he is innocent, to which Karadjoz replies: "Too bad, everyone here is guilty, and we need an innocent one; you'll have to stay". A couple of weeks later, the family of another, rich prisoner ask Karadjoz to release him, claiming he was innocent. Karadjos refuses to do that, Karadjoz refuses, claiming that "nowadays, we release the guilty ones and keep the innocent ones imprisoned". Afterwards, he summons the first inmate and releases him, saying: "We'we "We've got another innocent one now, we don't need you any more. You may leave".
* ManipulativeBastard: Karadjoz. His unpredictablebehaviour behavior helps him get any information he needs.
* InsaneTrollLogic: Karadjoz
* ManipulativeBastard: Karadjoz. His unpredictable
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* SiblingRivalry: At the begining the chapter about Cem Sultan and his brother, Bayazit (who were antagonistic themselves), Andrić introduces us to a little legend about two brodhers, who are constantly reborn and hurled into conflict throughout the history: the older one, who is down-to-earth and practical, and the younger one, who is intellectual, artistic, but has no practical skills whatsoever. According to the author, the older brother always prevails. Cem and Bayazit are only one incarnation of the brothers.
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* SiblingRivalry: At the begining beginning the chapter about Cem Sultan and his brother, Bayazit Bayezid (who were antagonistic themselves), Andrić introduces us to a little legend about two brodhers, brothers, who are constantly reborn and hurled into conflict throughout the history: the older one, who is down-to-earth and practical, and the younger one, who is intellectual, artistic, but has no practical skills whatsoever. According to the author, the older brother always prevails. Cem and Bayazit Bayezid are only one incarnation of the brothers.
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-->Burglars, thieves, proffesional gamblers; con men and blackmailers; the poor who cheat and steal in order to survive; drunkards, who forgot to pay for their drinks, or started fights; miserable, pale people who seek in drugs what they couldn't find in theirlives; incorrigibly vicious old men and young men incorrigibly ruined by vice; people with different twisted urges in habits whitch they don't hide, and when they try to hide them, they fail...
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-->Burglars, thieves, proffesional professional gamblers; con men and blackmailers; the poor who cheat and steal in order to survive; drunkards, who forgot to pay for their drinks, or started fights; miserable, pale people who seek in drugs what they couldn't find in theirlives; their lives; incorrigibly vicious old men and young men incorrigibly ruined by vice; people with different twisted urges in habits whitch which they don't hide, and when they try to hide them, they fail...
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* DisproportionateRetribution: {{Discussed}}, Haim states that, after [[spoiler: Ćamil]] attacked the guards, they probably beat him to death for that.
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* BookEnds: The book begins and ends after frair Petar's funeral at his native monastery.
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* {{Acrofatic}}: Karadjoz is stated to be grossly overweight, yet incredibly agile. We [[InformedAbility never get to see him in action]], though.
* BadLiar: The guy talking about his made-up past wives.
* BookEnds: The book begins and ends after frair Petar's funeral at his native monastery.
* BadLiar: The guy talking about his made-up past wives.
* BookEnds: The book begins and ends after frair Petar's funeral at his native monastery.
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this. We are given a story in which an inmate being interrogated claims he is innocent, to which Karadjoz replies: "Too bad, everyone here is guilty, and we need an innocent one; you'll have to stay". A couple of weeks later, the family of another, rich prisoner ask Karadjoz to release him, claiming he was innocent. Karadjos refuses to do that, claiming that "nowadays, we release the guilty ones and keep the innocent ones imprisoned". Afterwards, he summons the first inmate and releases him, saying: "We'we got another innocent one now, we don't need you any more. You may leave".
* ManipulativeBastard: Karadjoz. His unpredictable behaviour helps him get any information he needs.
* ManipulativeBastard: Karadjoz. His unpredictable behaviour helps him get any information he needs.
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* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: Ćamil.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We never find out Ćamil's fate.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We never find out Ćamil's fate.
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* SiblingRivalry: At the begining the chapter about Cem Sultan and his brother, Bayazit (who were antagonistic themselves), Andrić introduces us to a little legend about two brodhers, who are constantly reborn and hurled into conflict throughout the history: the older one, who is down-to-earth and practical, and the younger one, who is intellectual, artistic, but has no practical skills whatsoever. According to the author, the older brother always prevails. Cem and Bayazit are only one incarnation of the brothers.
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Ćamil. He is one of the most innocent characters in the book, but ends up either [[spoiler: dead]] or [[spoiler: sent to an insane asylum]].
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We never find out Ćamil'sfate.exact fate, but we are given two possibilities.
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''Prokleta Аvlija'' (eng. ''The Damned Yard'', cyrillic ''Проклета Авлија'') is a 1954 novella (or a novel, depending who you ask) by Yugoslav [[NobelPrizeInLiterature Nobel Prize]]-winning author Ivo Andrić, and is considered to be one of his best works. In a nutshell, it's a {{slice of life}} story set in an {{Istanbul}} prison during the Ottoman empire.
The main character is frair Petar, who [[MistakenForSpies gets mistaken for a spy]] and ends up in a prison, nicknamed "the damned yard" by its inmates. He stays there for two months, meeting various people such as prison warden Karadjoz, curious and paranoid Jew, Haim and rich young man accused for conspiring against the Sultan, Ćamil. Somewhere around the middle of the book, Petar (and reader) are told the story of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cem_Sultan Cem Sultan]], a historical character.
The book is notable for its ring structure, and using several different narrators throughout the book.
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*BadLiar: The guy talking about his past wives.
*BookEnds: The book begins and ends after frair Petar's funeral at his native monastery.
*{{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Karadjoz and Ćamil, to a degree.
*EnhancedInterrogationTechniques: The two guards use this on Ćamil.
*ForegoneConclusion: The book starts with Petar's funeral, which is stated to have happened years after he's been released for prison.
*FlashBack: The whole book is basically frair Rastislav having a flashback about frair Petar talking him about his experience in prison.
*InsaneTrollLogic: Karadjoz somethimes uses this.
*ManipulativeBastard: Karadjoz.
*OnlySaneMan: This is how Haim sees Petar.
*TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: Ćamil.
*WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We never find out Ćamil's fate.
*WretchedHive: The prison itself.
-->Burglars, thieves, proffesional gamblers; con men and blackmailers; the poor who cheat and steal in order to survive; drunkards, who forgot to pay for their drinks, or started fights; miserable, pale people who seek in drugs what they couldn't find in theirlives; incorrigibly vicious old men and young men incorrigibly ruined by vice; people with different twisted urges in habits whitch they don't hide, and when they try to hide them, they fail...
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The main character is frair Petar, who [[MistakenForSpies gets mistaken for a spy]] and ends up in a prison, nicknamed "the damned yard" by its inmates. He stays there for two months, meeting various people such as prison warden Karadjoz, curious and paranoid Jew, Haim and rich young man accused for conspiring against the Sultan, Ćamil. Somewhere around the middle of the book, Petar (and reader) are told the story of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cem_Sultan Cem Sultan]], a historical character.
The book is notable for its ring structure, and using several different narrators throughout the book.
!!!Tropes appearing in ''Prokleta Avlija'':
*BadLiar: The guy talking about his past wives.
*BookEnds: The book begins and ends after frair Petar's funeral at his native monastery.
*{{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Karadjoz and Ćamil, to a degree.
*EnhancedInterrogationTechniques: The two guards use this on Ćamil.
*ForegoneConclusion: The book starts with Petar's funeral, which is stated to have happened years after he's been released for prison.
*FlashBack: The whole book is basically frair Rastislav having a flashback about frair Petar talking him about his experience in prison.
*InsaneTrollLogic: Karadjoz somethimes uses this.
*ManipulativeBastard: Karadjoz.
*OnlySaneMan: This is how Haim sees Petar.
*TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: Ćamil.
*WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We never find out Ćamil's fate.
*WretchedHive: The prison itself.
-->Burglars, thieves, proffesional gamblers; con men and blackmailers; the poor who cheat and steal in order to survive; drunkards, who forgot to pay for their drinks, or started fights; miserable, pale people who seek in drugs what they couldn't find in theirlives; incorrigibly vicious old men and young men incorrigibly ruined by vice; people with different twisted urges in habits whitch they don't hide, and when they try to hide them, they fail...
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